Posted by Roger Kane on Thursday, October 11, 2012,
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During our four years here in Greece,
I’ve has so many people get excited when they find out that I do
machine embroidery. They always say they should have me
create this or that project. In that time, only one of them actually
did so, and I had to turn down the commission because the project was
both against copyright laws, and would not have been a proper project
to highlight my skills. Strangely, now that we are leaving for home
in a couple of weeks and my embroidery supplies are pac... Continue reading ...
Posted by Roger Kane on Thursday, September 27, 2012,
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This has been a weird sort of week.
First, we have a houseguest; a female friend of my son visiting from
Finland. Then, my husband who usually works a 2-day-on/2-day-off
shift schedule is in a class for two weeks. That means instead of
coming home after his 48-hour shift, he’s in class and only gets to
come home a couple of nights each week. It’s really messing with
my calm, especially since he’s the more social of the two of us.
But, our houseguest is very shy, and I think she’... Continue reading ...
Posted by Roger Kane on Wednesday, July 25, 2012,
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It is better to give than to receive.
This is a quote that most of us know. For me, it is also very true.
I love Christmas, birthdays and other gift giving occasions like new
babies, weddings, anniversaries, housewarmings, and more. I adore
giving hostess gifts whenever we are invited to someone’s home as
well. I just love giving gifts. I’ve never been able to
afford extravagant gifts, but I think that my joy in giving shows in
the choices of the gifts.
With my love of quilting, ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Roger Kane on Wednesday, January 18, 2012,
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There’s been quite a bit of chatter this week on one of my groups for machine embroidery about the proper fabric to use for embroidery. While I have used and agree with some of the suggestions, I have learned a lot about fabrics from making quilts, home décor items and fashion. While all fabrics can be proper for something, not all are good for everything! Since fabric for making quilts is all-around good, sturdy cotton broadcloth, let’s start there. We will assume that all of these cotto... Continue reading ...
Posted by Roger Kane on Thursday, January 5, 2012,
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It’s
the day after Christmas and I am stuck at home. Well, honestly, I
could
go out, but the weather is cold and wet while the house is warm and
dry. This is our first Christmas here, out of three, that the
weather hasn’t been sunny and somewhat warm. We had developed a
habit of going into Chania for lunch and coffee, sitting outside and
watching the local Greeks in the most jovial moods they will exhibit
all year.
Since
my hubby has to work today, I had planned to continue the new
t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Roger Kane on Wednesday, December 21, 2011,
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I don’t do production work.
These are words I find myself saying more and more in regard to my
machine embroidery. I take the compliment intended when
someone says they should buy something that I make. Unfortunately,
whatever it is I’ve made isn’t usually for sale! The politest
thing I can say is that I really don’t do production work.
While I love making quilts or
small embroidered items to give as gifts, it’s just not worth the
time and effort to make these things to sell. ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Roger Kane on Wednesday, December 14, 2011,
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I love learning new techniques for quilting and fashion sewing. It’s wonderful when I figure out that I can use a technique meant for making quilts to also create interesting effects on clothing. I am currently taking an online class for creating embellished vests. There is so much information and so many ideas that I am spurred to try many new things. I want to add machine embroidery and worried about the construction of the vest making it difficult. Then, I realized that I could use a quil... Continue reading ...
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